Utah ACTE

Region V 2026 is in the books! We are exhausted, but had so much fun putting this conference on for everyone who attended. We had amazing tours, workshops and vendors. It was so fun to see so many Utah teachers there and sharing great ideas!

HUGE congratulations to our 3 ACTE Region V award winners.
Brian Warnick - Teacher Educator of the Year
Pepper Poulsen - Counseling Career and Development Professional Award
Ryan Rarick - Teacher of the Year
We are so proud of them and so excited that they have been selected to represent Utah and Region V at Vision this December.

It has been a busy month for Utah ACTE! In March some board members went to Washington DC for the ACTE National Policy Seminar. We learn a ton about what is going federally and we were able to advocate for CTE. We were so lucky to meet directly with and . We want to thank them so much for their time and for listening to the needs for our state.

The gavel has been handed off! While nothing is official until July 1st, we want to extend a huge thanks to Jay Anderson for his service this year and for reminding us that CTE offers a World of Adventure to our students. We are excited for the leadership and ideas that Jessica Grundy will bring to our organization in the coming year.

Don't forget to register for the Region V Conference in Salt Lake this April 8-11. Go to regionV2026.com or the link in bio to register. Registration closes March 25th. We can't wait to see you there!

Are you looking to help making Utah ACTE the best it can be? Do you have lots of great ideas to share? We need you! We have three board member opportunities for you to apply for. See the link in our bio to fill out the interest form.

Last Friday we were able to recognize all of our state award winners. They will move forward to represent Utah at Region V in 2027. We are so grateful for all their hard work and dedication to CTE in Utah!
* Administrator of the Year: Mandy Chapple *
* Counseling & Career Professional of the Year:
Pepper Poulsen *
* Carl Perkins Community Service Award: Michael Gowans *
* Lifetime Achievement: Thomas Meeks *
* New Teacher of the Year: Chloe Wilson *
* Postsecondary Professional Award: Mark Middlebrook *
* Teacher Educator: Dr. Brian Warnick *
* Teacher of the Year: Ryan Rarick *
* Business-Education Partnership: Visionary Homes *

We are still recovering from the AMAZING weekend that we had on Friday and Saturday with all our fabulous CTE teachers in Utah. Thank you so much for joining us and contributing to making this the conference everyone wants to attend!

We are so grateful to our amazing conference sponsors this year. Their support of our organization, CTE and education is unmatched. Make sure that you visit their booths at the conference this weekend and tell them THANK YOU!!!

Have you registered for the conference yet? Don't forget to do it now before early bird registration closes on January 29th!

Wishing all our members a joyful holiday season! Thank you for inspiring students and shaping the future. Happy Holidays from your Utah ACTE family!